Texas Vignette
Texas Vignette, the annual Dallas art fair focused on supporting the state's women artists, has announced 60 artist selected to participate in the eighth addition, to be held OCTOBER 1-3 at 
On the Levees 1108 Quaker Street Dallas
Preview Benefit October 1 6-9 ( buy tickets at www.texasvignette for Thursday Benefit)
Art Fair October 2 12pm-7 pm October 3 10am -7pm (free)
For more info go to www.texasvignette.org 
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 21, 2026
For more information, please contact Jordan Roth at Ro2 Gallery at 214-406-8819, or Jeff F. Wheeler at 806-392-1915.
 
Ulterior Motifs No. 16
(A Celebratory Texas Art Extravaganza)
September 19-October 17, 2026
                 Opening celebration, Saturday, September 19, 2026, 7-10pm
 
 
Ro2 Art Gallery and Wheeler Bros Studios are pleased to present the 16th installation of Ulterior Motifs. The renowned group exhibition was first conceived in 1999 by Jeffrey and Bryan Wheeler as a celebratory exhibition of Lubbock art and music featuring opening ceremonies, belly-dancers, Texas Tech cheerleaders, wandering musicians and magicians, Elvis impersonators, and other Dada-esque performances, both planned and spontaneous. It then quickly grew into a much-anticipated annual event that drew huge crowds and art-world reviews and featured the works of Texas art legends, such as Ed and Nancy Kienholz, James Surls, The Art Guys, Terry and Jo Harvey Allen, Luis Jimenez, Robert Rauschenberg, Trenton Doyle Hancock and many more. And while the show began in and grew out of Lubbock, some of the most prominent museums, galleries, and alt-spaces around the state have since hosted a version of U.M. This iteration is the first since James Surls hosted UM15 at his legendary studio in Splendora, Texas in 2016.
 
The artists represented in Ulterior Motifs #16 work in a variety of media and styles, but each contends with themes that address the contemporary Texas scene. And for the first time, this latest installation of U.M. will feature collaborations between the Wheeler brothers and each of the other participating artists. These drawings, paintings, and sculptures were handed off, back-and-forth between the artists over the last several months, each contributing a little at a time until they were completed. The improvisational visual conversations that result are delightful and unpredictable and will be seen here for the first time anywhere.
 
The artists include: Franklin Ackerley, Bale Creek Allen, Ricky Armendariz, Gillian Bradshaw-Smith, Susan Budge, Steve Cruz, Janice Freeman, Terry Hays, Ana Hernandez-Burwell, Carlos Hernandez, Daniel Johnston, Jack Massing, Erica Stephens, and Carroll Swenson-Roberts.  Several of the artists will be in attendance for the opening.
 
Ulterior Motifs #16 is a must-see show of contemporary Texas art. Typical of past U.M.s, the work ranges from large-scale mixed-media paintings to small-scale sculptures with subjects drawn from the ridiculous to the sublime, all seen through the distinctive lens of Texas and adding to the state’s long and ever-expanding cultural history.
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